Sollentuna Municipality
Sollentuna municipality is a
Municipality in
Stockholm County, in central
Sweden. Sollentuna borders the municipalities of
Solna,
Sundbyberg,
Stockholm,
Järfälla,
Upplands Väsby,
Täby and
Danderyd in clockwise order starting to the south.
The current
mayor of Sollentuna Municipality is Torbjörn Rosdahl, of the
Moderate Party.
Sollentuna evolved around the
railway between
Uppsala and
Stockholm which is also obvious when looking at the 8 different districts that make up Sollentuna. 5 of those corresponds to railway stations now operated by
commuter trains. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is named Sollentuna), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the 2 remaining districts - Edsberg and Sjöberg - are to be found along the road to
Danderyd. Other
roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll to Rotebro and the
motorway (E4) that approximates the same route as the railway.
Sollentuna received rights as a merchant town (
köping) in
1944. It never got a charter, but was made a municipality with the reform of
1971.
Sollentuna Municipality has a
legislative Council with 61 members elected by
proportional representation through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The Council elects an executive committee, which is the municipalty's main governing body, chaired by the
Mayor. The current mayor is Torbjörn Rosdahl, of the
Moderate Party.
2002 election results
Following the 2002 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:
*(m);
Moderate Party *(s);
Social Democratic Party *(fp);
Liberal Party*(c);
Centre PartyList of Mayors since 1971
*(1971-1974)
Urban Gibson (
fp)
*(1974-1977)
Carl-Erik Nilsson (
c)
*(1977-1980)
Sven Olle Isidor Persson (
s)
*(1980-1987)
Jan-Olov Sundström (
m)
*(1987-1998)
Gun Blomberg (
m)
*(1998-2000)
Christina Naess (
m)
*(since 2000)
Torbjörn Rosdahl (
m)
The towns in Sollentuna have grown together into one town. Instead the municipality is subdivided into districts. They are:
*
Tureberg, 13 380 inh.
*
Rotebro, 8 632
*
Helenelund, 8,337
*
Edsberg, 8,039
*
Viby, 5,744
*
Sjöberg, 4,404
*
Häggvik, 4,289
*
Norrviken, 3,326
*
Vaxmora, 2 234
*
Järvafältet, 58
Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes
Norrviken and
Edsviken -- the latter a bay of the
Baltic Sea.
Norrviken is a popular lake for
ice skating during the winter. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake.
Other lakes:
* Fjäturen
* Ravalen
* Rösjön
* Väsjön
* Översjön
* Snuggan
* Djupan
Sollentuna has four
sister cities:
*
Hvidovre in
Denmark*
Saue in
Estonia*
Tusby in
Finland*
Oppegård in
Norway*
Edsbacka krog, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in
1634, is the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the
Michelin Guide.
*
Edsbergs slott was built in
rococo 1760. Its 400 km² can be rented.
*
Kajsa Bergqvist, high jumping world champion
*
Thomas Bodström, soccer player, politician, minister of justice
*
Ted Gärdestad, pop musician
*
Jonatan Johansson, snowboarder
*
Ulrika Jonsson, television presenter
*
Britta Leijon, politician
*
Christer Pettersson,
Olof Palme murder suspect and local hobo
*
Rednex, country group
*
Farhad Shakely, poet
*
Sonic Dream Collective, pop group
*
Linda Skugge, writer
*
Mats Sundin, hockey player
*
Sollentuna Hundred* Much material translated from corresponding articles on Swedish wikipedia.
*
Sollentuna - Official site
